Format:
1 online resource (304 pages)
ISBN:
9780857243201
Series Statement:
Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management v.6
Content:
Whilst it is impossible to make resistant urban growth, resilience is becoming more widely accepted and urban systems must be resilient enough to cope with the climate related hazards. This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies.
Content:
Front Cover -- Climate and Disaster Resilience in Cities -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- List of Editors -- Brief introduction to the series -- Brief introduction to the volume -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Overview of urban development and associated risks -- Background -- Understanding underlying risk within the urban growth process -- Urbanization and risk in the asia pacific region -- Resilience building: risk reduction and more -- About the book -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Understanding urban resilience -- Introduction -- Reflections from recent studies on urban resilience -- Understanding linkages of risk, adaptation and resilience -- Synthesizing urban risk through the lens of urban resilience -- Resilience within sectors of emerging urbanization -- Resiliency planning -- Conclusion: resilience is a low-hanging fruit -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 3 Mapping climate and disaster resilience in cities -- Introduction -- Measuring resilient urban areas -- Concept and methodology of climate disaster resilience index (CDRI) -- Interpretation of CDRI Scores -- CDRI at regional level -- CDRI at city level and microlevel -- Challenges and potentials of the CDRI -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Climate and disaster resilience mapping at national level -- Introduction -- Need for climate disaster resilience mapping in Indian cities -- Measuring the CDRI for Indian cities -- Discussion and implications of findings -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 Climate and disaster resilience mapping in city clusters -- Introduction -- Categories of city clusters -- Metro Manila city cluster -- CDRI study results -- City analysis and policy implications to the HFA priorities for action -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857243195
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Climate and disaster resilience in cities Bingley : Emerald, 2011 ISBN 9780857243195
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0857243195
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857243201
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0857243209
Language:
English
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